Gardner, John — October Light

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine novel from the master novelist who died too young in a motorcycle crash, author also of Nickel Mountain, Grendel, and Freddy's Book, among other classics, this fine novel being set on a farm in Vermont. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities, very lightly sunned along front board edges. Illustrated dust jacket, moderately worn, chipping along top and bottom edges, price-clipped, short, closed tear to rear panel top. Stated First Edition. Illustrations of Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese grace the dust jacket, the endpapers, title page and frontis and elsewhere. 433 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,